The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-25
AT PROVO.
Progress of the Trial of the
Tintic Lynchers.
SHOWING BY THE DEFENSE,
Dr.. Simmons and Pike Examined as
to the Cause of the Death of
FL er-Cther Incidents.

The examination of witnesses for the /
defense, in the Tintic lynching case,
was continued yesterday, before II dge
Henderson, in the First District Court,
at Provo.
The case now shows that the prose-
cution did not prove that Fisher came
to his death by hanging, as alleged in
the indictment,
Mrs. O'SHEA - Know Defendant
Daniel Shields; saw him in Eureka last
July 9th, in the forenoon of that day
l went to the well for water and saw
hun and Mr.. Stanley coming down the
| road; Old Man O'Connor came down
and stepped in between them with
knife in his hand and struck Shields in
the back or in the neck: Stanley said:
| Leave that man alone, and prevented
any further trouble; saw Shields and
| Savage come from the jail when Fisher
was taken, about half minute after
| they were gone; he asked for matches;
! told him it was time for him to go 10
! bed, and he replied that that was where
| he was going; [ told him he should rot
b I've gone to the Jail, and he said he
would not have done so if Stanley had
not deputised him to go.
EXPERT TESTIMONY.
! DR.. SIMMoNs-Suppose a man were
taken out of Jail with rope, struck
on the back and head, fell to the
around. is dragged quarter of mile
over rough, rocky country, then hung
TO gallows and the following morning
is cut down, and the rope found IN
description as described 10 you, and
upon examination exposes wounds In
the back, IN the region OF the spinal
chord, and is about the size CT a 38-
calibre shot, an etfusiOn comes OUT of
the wound; an examination OF the had
discloses that the skull has been broken.
and readily yields to the pressure of
the hand; his body is lacerated; pieces
of sage brush are found in his back; has
been wounded the day before by knife
wounds, one near the heart and another
in the back; there is an abrasion
over one eye; the eyeballs sunk,
and closed; the face has q natural ap:
pearance, except as to the scratches
and bruises upon it there are no notice
able swellings; blue line is found about
! the neck.
Q.-Can you give an opinion on that
state of facts as to the cause of death OF
that manP
Al can; would consider from the
facts that he died from the wounds.
DR.. PIKE-The same question was
put to him as to DR.. Simmons.
Guild not give an opinion.
Q-Can Y on say he came to death by
| strangulation
A.-No; cannot give an opinion.
Q-Have you any doubt OF his com
| ing to his death in that way?
| A.-Yes, have; it is a serious doubt
Cross-examined: sQ.-Suppose rope
was placed around his neck, close, and
he was dragged 400 yards and then
| hanged; how would death be produced?
Aft tied around his neck so as to
strange him, he would die before 60
ing that far. 1 would suppose there
would be some signs of strangulation
the next morning.
OFF rendered senseless by blow,
would the effect OF strangulation be as
clear?
At might, to some extent; If SO as
to stop. the heart, there would be very
! little evidence of strangulatlon.
| Q.-Suppose there was a fracture OF
the skull, or a fatal blow, how long
would man liver
A.-That is impossible to say, as 10
time.
The doctor thought that if q rope was
placed around mans. neck, and The !
man was dragged AGO yards over a
rough country, he would hardly be
alive at the end of the Journey.
| The UEFENEANT When the
shots were fired l went 10 the Jail and
saw 0'Connor with his hands in Stan
ley's beard l said: For Christ's sake,
Stanley, give up the keys and don't
make target of yourselves" When
they got hold of Fisher, and were land
| ling him rough, said: IF you are
going to kill the man. don't do It like
dog Went down town; tried to get
| into a saloon or two for a drink. We
could not get in; l then said: Lets
go up and see the corpse" My COM
panion said: 1--WE had better not go,
or We might get into trouble" ] went
up, and on my way back met Mr..
! Thonpkins and others.
Cross-examined-I'r remarked TO my
wife, as | left the house, that | would
60 over and help Stanley, as l heard
him say he would not give up the keys
! to the mob.
The defense only have two more wit
nesses, when they will rest their case.
The prosecution will then COME On
with reDutting testimony.
john Pace, a boy OF l6 years, who